Help! I need a new vacuum cleaner

I tried to do Housework today in celebration of the new year but my vacuum cleaner is crap!Help me buy a new one!!!I have a 4 year old girl and a 1 year old crawling boyI also have a cat!I need one that sucks up hair and everything else off the floor!Which one do you have????

Will first, second and third the DC23 Motorhead. It is brilliant and amazing and wonderful. You will not believe how much it sucks up, we certainly didn't.

eta: We have 4 cats who all believe in sharing the wonder of their fur coats. We ended up getting 2 dysons, the DC23 for 'proper' vacuuming and a DC44 Animal (handheld) for quick pick up of little spills.

LOL well I was going to say don't get a Dyson... I have the DC19 which is 3 years old & have had nothing but problems with it.Lucky I had a 2 year warranty because in that time I went through 3 Turbine Heads because they kept breaking. I have now bought the Flat Out Tool which I find has better suction however I have a dog & cat that drop hair & tbh I don't think my Dyson does an overly great job on getting it all.

Maybe it is just my model of Dyson? but after getting one based on all the rave reports on Dysons I have not been convinced that it the best.

First one is old but perfect working order. The power head we bought broke once and they sent a new one no questions asked.

My next love is my new Dyson, it's a DC44 animal. It's one of those stick ones that are cordless, I'm sooo in love with it. I can't vac the whole house on one charge but I can do most. We have a German Shepherd that lives almost 100% of the time in the house so the house is always full of dog hair. I got the DC44 really only to pick up dog hair on a daily basis so I don't have to get the whole vac out. So far I've not needed to get the big vac out. DH will usually get the big vac because that's what he prefers to use but then again he doesn't vac every day!

I just bought the Dyson DC23 on sale at Harvey Norman discounted from $1099 to $699 - they are normally discounted to $949. Bargain. Replaced my old DC23 that is 8 years old and has suffered through 2 renovations with is. The motorhead on carpet is AMAZING.

when you say "handheld" do you mean cordless, or is it possible to unclip from the tall stand and just have a little handheld (like a "dustbuster") ?

Yup. We have only recently attached the charging unit to the wall but we just unclip it from there and use it as a handheld.

They come with a range of attachments (interchangeable between every model of dyson) and we use the mattress tool to vac up all the cat hair off the sofa and chairs - best. thing. ever! Pick up everything!

when you say "handheld" do you mean cordless, or is it possible to unclip from the tall stand and just have a little handheld (like a "dustbuster") ?

I have been looking at the Electrolux "ErgoRapido", this has dual function i.e. cordless stick vac, but small handheld unclips.

Yep, we haven't attached it to the wall yet because I want a new fridge so old fridge will go in laundry and then I'll attach to wall

QUOTE (MagsJee @ 02/01/2013, 11:04 AM)

Yup. We have only recently attached the charging unit to the wall but we just unclip it from there and use it as a handheld.

They come with a range of attachments (interchangeable between every model of dyson) and we use the mattress tool to vac up all the cat hair off the sofa and chairs - best. thing. ever! Pick up everything!

Really? I was told they don't so haven't tried. I would love if it the dog tool will fit the hand held!! off to check lol....

I have a Dyson.... It is the most amazing thing ever. My fiancé even told me the other day that he, quote, "loves vacuuming!" It is a really fantastic vacuum cleaner, makes vacuuming so ridiculously easy!

However, Dysons are notoriously pricey... We had a voucher for The Good Guys, so we got ours quite cheap.

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